A deputy dispatched to the neighborhood encountered Christopher Ousley two blocks away in the 400 block of Papworth, the arrest report said. Ousley matched the description of the suspect given by a witness to one of the burglaries, the report said.

Investigators stopped William Margot III three blocks away at Lake Avenue and Locust Court, the report said. Margot also matched the description given not only by the witness but by his alleged accomplice, Ousley.

Margot told deputies that he was with Ousley when the burglaries were committed, but said he didn't do anything. The witness, however, told investigators that both teens were in the vehicle during the burglary, the arrest report said.

Three vehicle burglaries were reported that morning in the first block of Locust Court, another was reported in the 500 block of Papworth Avenue and an attempted burglary was called in from the 500 block of Lake Avenue, according to Sheriff's Office records.

Ousley, of 634 Carrollton Ave., and Margot, of 203, Rose St., both of Metairie, were booked Friday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna with two counts of simple burglary and three counts of attempted simple burglary, arrest records said.

Margot released Saturday on a $25,000 bond. Bond information for Ousley was not available Tuesday.